Two great light shows should be visible to Arizonans this month: the annual Geminids meteor shower and a total lunar eclipse.
Space Exploration
Dec 13, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- This Saturday morning, June 26th, there's going to be a lunar eclipse—and for many residents of the USA, it's going to be a big one.
Space Exploration
Jun 25, 2010
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For half the world, the Sun will be briefly reduced to a blazing ring surrounding a sombre disk on Friday, when an annular eclipse races from central Africa to eastern Asia, astronomers say.
Space Exploration
Jan 13, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Lunar eclipses are well-documented throughout human history. The rare and breathtaking phenomena, which occur when the moon passes into the Earth’s shadow and seemingly changes shape, color, or disappears ...
Space Exploration
Jun 29, 2009
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For the first time, a spacecraft from Earth has captured hi-resolution images of a solar eclipse while orbiting another world.
Space Exploration
Feb 26, 2009
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Ready for Easter? The first of two lunar eclipses for 2016 occurs this week, though it's an event so subtle, you might not notice it at first glance. We're talking about Wednesday evening's (morning for North America) penumbral ...
Space Exploration
Mar 22, 2016
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If the sun, Earth and moon are lined up, shouldn't we get a lunar and solar eclipse every month? Clearly, we don't, but why not?
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Nov 16, 2015
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Got clear skies? This week's equinox means the return of astronomical Fall for northern hemisphere observers and a slow but steady return of longer nights afterwards. And as the Moon returns to the evening skies, all eyes ...
Space Exploration
Sep 24, 2014
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Space shuttle Discovery waits to roll back from Launch Pad 39A to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida in the early morning hours of Dec 21, 2010, with the beginning of the total lunar ...
Space Exploration
Dec 21, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In a lunar eclipse, the Earth, Sun and Moon are almost exactly in line and the Moon is on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun.
Space Exploration
Dec 3, 2009
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